Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A new AMD CPU weakness?

2018-03-18 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 03/18/2018 05:33 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 4:24 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: Everyone please remember this is simply an exploit to obtain data off of AMD's version of ME which is a DRM mechanism added for hollywood and it requires physical access to reprogram

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A new AMD CPU weakness?

2018-03-18 Thread R0b0t1
On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 4:24 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > Everyone please remember this is simply an exploit to obtain data off of > AMD's version of ME which is a DRM mechanism added for hollywood and it > requires physical access to reprogram the firmware thus this exploit has

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A new AMD CPU weakness?

2018-03-18 Thread taii...@gmx.com
Everyone please remember this is simply an exploit to obtain data off of AMD's version of ME which is a DRM mechanism added for hollywood and it requires physical access to reprogram the firmware thus this exploit has zero impact on anyone who doesn't profit off of DRM. ME/PSP are evil -

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia-drivers,

2018-03-18 Thread Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku
Some time around when Spectre/Meltdown were announced, I started experiencing similar problems. I don't know "what's wrong" because so far I have found no answers. The best I can offer at this point is that on my system, it seems that it will work with Nouveau drivers much better than the system

[gentoo-user] Nvidia-drivers,

2018-03-18 Thread Alan Grimes
Gentlemen, we have a problem... Okay, ~ a week ago there was a power outage at my place, everything goes down for a day or two. I had recently refreshed my UPS batteries, so I had a chance to put that into the circuit, no biggy. Since nobody will offer me a job, I was playing Kerbal space